Bradman 99.94
On Tuesday 5th August Don Bradman would have been 99.94 years of age. A special dinner will be held at the SCG Members Member’s Dining Room. Details are:
• When Tuesday 5th August
• Where SCG Members Dining Room
• Time: 6.30 pm
• Tickets $150 each

Jim Maxwell will be the MC and Arthur Morris, who was at the non striker’s end when Don Bradman was bowled for a duck in his final innings, will be guest of honour (Arthur scored 196). All proceeds will go to the Bradman Foundation, trustee of the Bradman Museum.

If you are interested in going along then just contact Glenn O’Connor on 0438 052 023 before the date.

Club Origins
The big one first up. After many years of searching for details of our Club’s origins pre-HK&HDCA we have confirmed that WPHCC started in the Parramatta District Junior CA way back in 1930 – making us 78 years old this season. Full details are on the website under ‘History’ but it is worth a read.

New Season now underway
The Club AGM has held on the 7th July and we are again fortunate to have a very good Leadership Team in place. The Club Executive positions elected for 2008-09 are:
· Chairperson – Barry McDonald
· Deputy Chairperson (Snr) – Evan Hutchings
· Deputy Chairperson (Jnr) – Glenn O’Connor
· Director Finance – Raj Sethi
· Director Juniors – Deepak Narsai
· Director Kanga – John Coulthard
· Director Girls – TBA
· Director Seniors – Simon Smyth
· Director Operations – Ross Anderson

Each of our Divisions also has their Leadership Teams in place. All, we again expect to have an amazing 220 volunteers involved in our Club this coming season!

Association News
Award Winners
Congratulations to our Seniors Association Award winners who have just been announced – our Junior winners were advised previously:
• Nick Bennett – Colts record batting average (90.6) and aggregate (453 runs)
• Dylan Brogan – Colts bowling average 26 wickets @ 8.54
• Nick Bennett / Taylor Paton – Colts Association record 4th wicket partnership 183*.

Jim Fuggle Memorial Award
To acknowledge the fantastic achievements of Jim Fuggle, the Association instituted this Award to recognise outstanding service on an annual basis. This is an appropriate recognition for someone whose contribution to Club and Association was enormous.

Coming up
We are just about there with the season now start at our door stop. The major dates to note in your diaries are:

Club Registration Day – Kanga’s, Juniors, Girls, All Age
· When: Sunday 27th July
· Where: Oakhill Drive Public School, Oakhill Drive, Castle Hill
· Time: between 1.00 pm and 4.30 pm

Seniors first practice
· When: Saturday 2nd August
· Where: Bowling Club Nets – 103 New-line Road
· Time: start at 1.00 pm going through to around 4.30 pm.

1st game
· Boys and Seniors – Saturday 13th September
· Kanga’s – mid October
· Girls – mid October but with regular pre-season training.

Website changes
Grounds location
If you get a chance, checkout the Grounds section of the website. Thanks to Amir Marzouk and Peter Lees we now have one of the best ground location sites available. Using Google Earth with the ground history and stories added it is fantastic addition to the site. There are lots of stories and events and who knows, you may even get a mention.

On-Line payment
Yet another enhancement by Peter Lees is the upgrading of our on-line payment capability using the secure PayPal capability. We expect to get upwards of 30% to 50% of all Registrations online this year.

Code of Conduct
We have completely refreshed our Code of Conduct for all sections of our Club. It is on the website under the Seniors and Juniors sections of the website. While we have a very proud record of Club sportsmanship the standards are tougher and there are penalties for breaches. Any feedback is most welcome as it is a living document.

Sponsors
We are about to add another major Sponsor to our Club – Body Science. They are the makers of the compression sports gear that is worn by many of the top cricketers and the majority of NRL Clubs. More information will follow on this but this is an exciting opportunity for us to be involved with a company that plays with the big time professional sports stars.

Posted by Ross Anderson on July 4, 2008 07:45 AM